AIR FORCE 1 || 5.18.15 || LOOKBOOK HIGHLIGHT
“Do what you love and find what brings you joy. If you are unsure, make it a point to ask yourself because I’ve come to find, as you commit to your personal joy, you begin to attract an outpour of joyful moments, merely because you radiate that essence.” – MORGAN RYAN In some shape or form, my […]
THE || O R I G I N A L || RED
“A gold medal is a wonderful thing, but if you’re not enough without it, you’ll never be enough with it.” – Cool Runnings || MAV MANTRA || Win from within.
COMING OF AGE || 24 ||
You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear; as young as your hope, as old as your despair.” –Douglas MaCarthur This year, I truly felt a sense of “coming of age,” which I regard separate from “growing up.” This is because characteristically, I will […]
PETAL P I C K H. E. R.
“Jim raised me up He hurt me but it felt like true love. Jim taught me that Loving him was never enough.” – LANA DEL REY, Ultraviolence I lay in a feathery cloud of down comforters picking petals off Gerbera flowers the color of pink lemonade. Their uplifting hue providing a refreshing sensation similar to […]
I G N I T I O N
“Now, usually, I don’t do this but uh, “Go head on and break ’em off wit a lil’ preview of the remix” – R. Kelly, Ignition Not even a week has passed since my latest piece was featured on WorldLifestyle, yet I remain a whirlwind of emotions: stunned | amazed | humbled | blessed | grateful For everyone who took the time […]
THE T H I N I S H LINE
“Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.” -Michael Jordan As I made my way up the third concrete hill of my hood, I repeated to myself, // you’re stronger than you know // For the entirety of my run, I compared my physical stamina to that of […]
FLIGHTLESS B I R D || 05.12.14
Soaring east– Three birds took flight chasing away the demons & shadows of your yesterday. –M.R. As the Summer sun trapped its heat in my apartment, I began to lose energy. Before I could melted into a relaxed state similar to that of a sauna, I decided to kill two birds (never a Mockingbird) with one […]
O B S E R V A T I O N S || 4:42 PM || 05.09.14
“Imagine if the life that you thought you sharedWasn’t really there–It was made up in your mind,Could be anyone, anywhere.“ —Dust Clears by Clean Bandit Looking out my bedroom window, my eyes became fixated on my neighbors kitchen window. There hung a string of dead fish that were strung like clothes on a clothes line. Living in Chinatown, […]
Day Tripper
Got no deeds to do, No promises to keep. I’m dappled and drowsy and ready to sleep. Let the morning time drop all its petals on me. Life, I love you; All is g r o o v y || –59th Street Bridge Song, Simon & Garfunkel It was the first week of May and a heat wave engulfed the city […]
Pretty Thoughts
You looked at me with certainty.I couldn’t look away.Took your jacket off like,Like you were here to stay.Chasin’ your pretty thoughtsAnd your plastic love.There goes my mind,Let it go.You’re that lace trimmed danger,One day you’ll be the face of a stranger. -Pretty Thoughts, Alina Baraz We were dancing and I was feeding off the energy […]
